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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 440 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Problem first, then solution): Engineered things are designed and built by people; natural things are made by nature. Every invention meets a need: ask “what problem goes away when we have it?”. Scientists ask why things happen; engineers ask how to build something useful.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a train
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
  11. 11.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  13. 13.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a bridge
  15. 15.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  17. 17.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  19. 19.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  25. 25.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a dam
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a river
  29. 29.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  32. 32.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a river
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. understands the problem
  3. a train
  4. made by engineers
  5. a fridge
  6. False
  7. True
  8. True
  9. a banyan tree
  10. a water filter
  11. see very tiny things
  12. a mobile phone
  13. talk to someone far away
  14. a cloud
  15. False
  16. how can we build it?
  17. store water for summer
  18. a dam
  19. True
  20. a banyan tree
  21. a railway track
  22. a bridge
  23. a bridge
  24. a lift
  25. True
  26. a microscope
  27. a volcano
  28. a river
  29. True
  30. True
  31. carry many people far
  32. True
  33. a bicycle
  34. a water filter
  35. True
  36. a road that floods
  37. a seashell
  38. a coral reef
  39. True
  40. go through a mountain

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